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0 pointsusethis12y ago0 comments

Quoting the mirror is not helping your case.

From the article:

> Ms Merkel had even warned European countries could end up warring with each other if the euro collapses.

What Merkel actually said:

> She told the German parliament: “No one should think that a further half century of peace and prosperity is assured. If the euro fails, Europe will fail.”

Taking your news from the Mirror is a surefire hit to general cynicism and anti European rhetoric.

> a lot of greeks have seen the europe as the fourth german reich.

This is just inflammatory hyperbole, firstly because it is not backed up with any data, but also, which may be as anecdotal as what you say, a lot of Greeks are actually happy with the outside pressure to force changes to their public sector and governmental system.

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harywilke12y ago

With a higher unemployement rate than the US had at the peak of the Great Depression, I'd question your version of "a lot".

levosmetalo12y ago

Without Europe the problems would be even greater. I traveled frequently to Greece during seventies, eighties and nineties, as well as recently. If I compare Greece from each one of these decades, the progress shown in each one of them is great. Despite all this crisis taking place now, Greeks still live much better than 10 something years ago. All of that because of the EU money floating around. And that's why the Greek majority still choose to stay in the Euro zone and play by the rules instead of parting on their own. They still choose Europe, because they see how Greece benefited from beeing a part of it, and that it was really Greeks themselves and their legally elected governments that are to blame.

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